Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 2.4.0, a minimalist and "enlightened" desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 12.04: "It has been close to six months since our last Bodhi Linux release - far too long! This is just our normal update release - meaning if you are already a Bodhi user and have been running your system updates then you already have all these additions running on your system. To cut right to the chase - you can find direct downloads of the ISO images on Source Forge here. You can obtain torrent downloads for the ISO images later today. Our 2.4.0 release features three ISO images to install from: 32-bit featuring a current PAE enabled kernel, 32-bit featuring a non-PAE kernel with older hardware support and 64- bit featuring a current kernel. This release features the Enlightenment 0.17.4 desktop, version 0.5.5 of the Midori web browser and the 3.8 Linux kernel. As always - our default theme selection is shaken up." See the release announcement for more information and news about the upcoming Bodhi Linux 3.0 release. Download: bodhi-2.4.0-64.iso (603MB, MD5, torrent).

Bodhi Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution for the desktop featuring the elegant and lightweight Enlightenment window manager. The project, which integrates and pre-configures the very latest builds of Enlightenment directly from the project's development repository, offers modularity, high level of customisation, and choice of themes. The default Bodhi system is light -- the only pre-installed applications are Midori, Terminology, EFM (Enlightenment File Manager), ePhoto and ePad -- but more software is available via AppCenter, a web-based software installation tool.

Jeff Hoogland has announced the final release of Bodhi Linux 3.0.0, a desktop distribution based on Ubuntu 14.04 and featuring a customised Enlightenment 19.3 desktop: "Today I am very happy to share with you the first stable release for the third major update to the Bodhi Linux operating system. Notable features in the 3.0.0 release: Enlightenment E19.3, Terminology 0.8.0, ePad 0.9.0, Numix icons, Linux kernel 3.16, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS core. The release images for 3.0.0 support a wide range of hardware including: non-PAE processors, UEFI BIOS, SeaBIOS Chromebooks. Our stable release is not the only thing that is new at Bodhi Linux this month. Our main website, AppCenter, Wiki, and Forums have all gotten complete overhauls to go alongside this new release. If you are new to Bodhi Linux please take a look at the Quick Start Guide that opens by default when you first boot the live CD / operating system." Read the rest of the release announcement for more information, screenshots and useful links. Download links: bodhi-3.0.0-64.iso (612MB, MD5, pkglist), bodhi-3.0.0-legacy.iso (528MB, MD5), bodhi-3.0.0-chromebook.iso (636MB, MD5).

Jeff Hoogland has announced the availability of a new development release of Bodhi Linux. The new test release carries UEFI support and is distributed via smaller ISO images thanks to a new compression format. "These discs are smaller than the RC2 discs by a sizable amount due to the implementation of XZ compression. The 64-bit disc is also the first official Bodhi Linux release to have UEFI support built in by default. I had many Chromebook users note the absence of our Chromebook image with the RC2 release and I am happy to announce its return with this third release candidate...The website also contains a brand new wiki that the community is in the process of populating in preparation of our 3.0.0 release. Other updated parts of the website include this brand new blog section as well as an update donations page. If these discs prove to be as solid as I think they are we will have our stable release for Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 on February 20th, 2015." Further information and screenshots are presented in the release announcement. Download: bodhi-3.0.0-64-rc3.iso (613MB, MD5, pkglist).

Doug Yanez has announced the availability of the second release candidate for Bodhi Linux 3.0.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Enlightenment 17 window manager. This is the project's first release since the recent change of the development team lead. From the release announcement: "After much hard work and lots of learning, I am proud to announce the release of our 3.0 Legacy RC2 version. Breaking from tradition, our other versions will no longer be released at the same time due to our recent change in head devs and because the others are being built on E19. I have stripped E19 and revived the E17 desktop and engage for this release, bringing extra speed and consistency back to legacy machines. This is my first official version of Bodhi, so expect a few small mistakes. While I have changed the look of Bodhi quite a bit, I have worked hard to maintain the same feel, stability, speed, and functionality that our users have come to love over the years, only chaging things when I thought it improved usability. Hopefully most of my changes will go unnoticed in normal use." Download the live CD image from SourceForge: bodhi-3.0.0-legacy-rc2.iso (651MB, MD5, pkglist).

Jeff Hoogland has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Bodhi Linux 3.0.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Enlightenment 19 window manager: "At Bodhi we work firmly on an 'it's ready when it's ready' schedule as opposed to sticking to our set release goals and churning out something we are not happy with. Better late than never as the saying goes! Just ten days after the targeted release date I am happy to share our first release candidate for Bodhi Linux's third major release. The most important new thing in this release is the addition of an ISO image that supports legacy hardware. The legacy ISO image features a 3.2 kernel that will work on i486 machines (or newer), including non-PAE hardware. This ISO image currently features the same E19 desktop that the other three discs have, but if all goes as planned the legacy disc will feature the E17 desktop by default starting with our second release candidate." Continue to the release announcement for further details, a screenshot and known issues. Download: bodhi-3.0.0-64bit-rc1.iso (703MB, MD5).

Jeff Hoogland has announced the availability of the beta release of Bodhi Linux 3.0.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Enlightenment 19 window manager: "It has been two months since we had our alpha release and since then Ubuntu 14.04 has released as 'stable'. That means the core for our upcoming Bodhi Linux 3.0.0 release is finally stable enough for me to stamp a 'beta' label onto it. This beta release comes in the following three flavors: 32-bit, 64-bit and Chromebook. All of these images are built directly on top of the latest Ubuntu 14.04 packages. The 32-bit and 64-bit images use the 3.13 Linux kernel, while the Chromebook image uses a 3.11 kernel due to hardware compatibility issues. The Chromebook image is tested on and designed to work with the Acer C720 and HP 14-inch Chromebooks. It could very well work with other Chromebooks, but they have not been tested." Read the full release announcement which includes a screenshot of the new default desktop. Download: bodhi-3.0.0-64bit-beta.iso (697MB, MD5).

Jeff Hoogland has announced the availability of the alpha release of Bodhi Linux 3.0.0, a major update of the distribution which features the Enlightenment window manager and which is based on Ubuntu's forthcoming 14.04 release: "As promised I've put together our first Bodhi Linux disc that is built on top of the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 release. Keep in mind that this is a very early image not intended for production machines. There will be issues. That being said, we are very interested in user feedback on our first couple pre-release discs for this version. Because we have a new major release we are trying a few different things that we want your input of. Features of note in this 3.0.0 alpha image that different from our Bodhi 2.x.y base: Ubuntu 14.04 base; Enlightenment 0.19 pre-release replaces 0.17; no more manual profile and theme selection at start up; eConnman replaces nm-applet; PulseAudio replaces ALSA as the default audio system...." Here is the release announcement with screenshots. Download: bodhi-3.0.0-x86-alpha.iso (669MB, MD5).

Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 2.3.0, a new version of the Ubuntu-based distribution with the latest Enlightenment window manager: "After almost exactly three months since our Bodhi 2.2.0 release the Bodhi team and I are happy to announce the next update release for our 2.x.y series - Bodhi Linux 2.3.0. Again because this is a minor update release people who are already using our 2.x.y branch can simply upgrade to this release via their package manager. As with our 2.2.0 release there are three disc downloads for this version: 32-bit featuring a current PAE enabled kernel, 32-bit featuring a non-PAE kernel with older hardware support, 64-bit featuring a current kernel. Software wise we see the following updates with this release: Linux Kernel 3.8, Enlightenment 0.17.1, Midori 0.4.9, Terminology 0.3.0, eCcess system tool, Ubiquity 2.12." Here is the full release announcement with screenshots. Download (torrents): bodhi-2.3.0-64.iso (603MB, MD5, torrent).

Jeff Hoogland has announced the release of Bodhi Linux 2.2.0, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Enlightenment 0.17 window manager as the default desktop user interface: "The Bodhi team and I are very happy to present to you our 2.2.0 release - the first Bodhi images to feature the stable E17 desktop. This release is exciting for a number of reasons. To start with, we are introducing a few new things with this update release. With this release, we will now be maintaining two 32-bit install discs: one that is PAE enabled by default and one that is not. The kernel without PAE will be an older stable kernel (in this case 3.2) while the PAE enabled kernel will be the latest kernel - for 2.2.0 this means 3.7 kernel. Our 64-bit release also comes with the 3.7 kernel. These discs are also our first released images that are hybrid ISO images." See the release announcement for further details, relevant links and obligatory screenshots. Download: bodhi-2.2.0-64.iso (573MB, MD5).